EP2137893A1 - Dispositif de commutation de paquets et réseau de communication local comprenant un tel dispositif de commutation de paquets - Google Patents

Dispositif de commutation de paquets et réseau de communication local comprenant un tel dispositif de commutation de paquets

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EP2137893A1
EP2137893A1 EP08736287A EP08736287A EP2137893A1 EP 2137893 A1 EP2137893 A1 EP 2137893A1 EP 08736287 A EP08736287 A EP 08736287A EP 08736287 A EP08736287 A EP 08736287A EP 2137893 A1 EP2137893 A1 EP 2137893A1
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Dirk Janssen
Holger Buettner
Hans Beckhoff
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/46—Interconnection of networks
    • H04L12/4604—LAN interconnection over a backbone network, e.g. Internet, Frame Relay
    • H04L12/462—LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone
    • H04L12/4625—Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/46—Interconnection of networks
    • H04L12/4637—Interconnected ring systems

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  • the invention relates to a packet switching device and a local communication network with such a packet switching device.
  • Local communication networks so-called “local area networks” (LANs) are limited to one geographical area and consist of one or more servers and workstations, so-called nodes, which are connected via a communication line network, eg a coaxial, fiber optic or network LANs can use a variety of network topologies, such as bus, star, or tree LANs run on a network operating system and network protocol.
  • LANs local area networks
  • nodes which are connected via a communication line network
  • eg a coaxial, fiber optic or network LANs can use a variety of network topologies, such as bus, star, or tree LANs run on a network operating system and network protocol.
  • Ethernet The most widely used standard for a LAN network protocol today is Ethernet. With Ethernet, data can currently be transmitted at speeds of up to 100 Mbits / sec (Mbps).
  • OSI layer model the international reference model for data transmission in networks, which is made up of a layer stack of seven layers, with a set of protocols being defined for each layer, which make their services available to the next higher layer, this is Ethernet of the second layer, the so-called line layer assigned.
  • the data to be transmitted is bundled in the packet to which specific information for the respective communication protocol is added.
  • the line layer is responsible in the network for transporting the data packets from node to node and for error detection.
  • the Ethernet supports a wide variety of communication protocols, eg the TCP / IP protocol or the IPX protocol.
  • the line layer is divided into two levels, with the first level adding to the data a header, a so-called header, which contains information needed for correct data transfer from the receiver protocol.
  • the data packets are then encapsulated by means of an additional header and a further end section, a so-called trailer, for the transport of the data packets from node to node.
  • Ethernet telegrams can be transmitted data with a length of up to 1500 bytes.
  • the Ethernet also specifies the access method how the individual nodes may use and allocate the physical connection paths of the network.
  • the Ethernet operates according to the so-called CSMA / CD (carrier sense multiple access / collision detect) access method.
  • CSMA / CD carrier sense multiple access / collision detect
  • the send-willing node checks before transmission whether the transmission path is free. Then the data will be sent. Since all nodes can send their data at the same time, collisions can occur. The sending process is interrupted by the node noticing the collision. In order to prevent two nodes starting to transmit by a small amount of time, all transmitting nodes generate a so-called JAM signal, so that all nodes located on the transmission path cancel the processing of the current data packet and thus do not disturb the transmission process.
  • JAM so-called JAM signal
  • the Ethernet protocol is primarily used in office communication networks. Due to the advantages of the Ethernet concept, the use of standard hardware and software components as well as the possibility of achieving high data transmission rates even with simple networking technology, there is a desire to exchange Ethernet network communication also in industrial production to use to perform control tasks. In particular, the lack of real-time capability of the Ethernet protocol, however, allows only a limited use in automation technology. In fact, in the case of the control of machines, it is necessary that a cyclical processing of the control task follows without temporal fluctuations, ie with only slight deviations from the desired cycle time in the range of a few microseconds, responding with a predictable response time to the control request. The CSMA / CD access method used by Ethernet does not guarantee such fixed response times. In the case of very heavy network utilization, it can happen that Ethernet telegrams can not be sent over a certain period of time because of the access method used, so that a guaranteed response time to a rule request is not guaranteed.
  • Ethernet networks are often set up in star topology using a packet switching device, a so-called switch.
  • each node also referred to below as a subscriber
  • a network topology from sheer point-to-point connections between the subscribers and the central switch requires complex cabling and is therefore associated with high costs.
  • the switch examines each Ethernet telegram passing through the network to the address of the addressed user and then forwards the Ethernet telegram to the addressed user via the corresponding point-to-point connection.
  • Switches usually work in such a way that over time they learn from the addresses which users are at which interface of the switch. Based on such a dynamic address table in the switch is generated when receiving an Ethernet Telegram then decided to which interface the Ethernet telegram should be sent. However, if there is no address entry in the switch for the destination address of the received Ethernet telegram or the received Ethernet telegram is a multicast or broadcast telegram, the received Ethernet telegram is sent via all interfaces.
  • the switches generally have the FIFO principle, in which those Ethernet
  • Switches that were received first are also sent back first. However, this prevents reliable real-time processing of the Ethernet telegrams. Therefore, newer switches also support the so-called VLAN tagging, with which individual Ethernet telegrams can be prioritized during transmission in order to ensure real-time capability. Furthermore, switches are also known which, due to protocol-specific identifiers, send Ethernet telegrams at fixed times in order to enable real-time processing. Due to the requirement of protocol-specific
  • Ethernet telegrams generated with other Ethernet protocols can not be timed to ensure real-time processing.
  • the known switches In the known switches, however, a number of scenarios are conceivable in which a real-time behavior in which an Ethernet telegram must be reliably transmitted within a predetermined time can not be guaranteed.
  • the known switches always carry out an address comparison for the forwarding of Ethernet telegrams. If there is no address entry in the switch for the destination address of the received Ethernet telegram or the received Ethernet telegram is a multicast or broadcast telegram, the received Ethernet telegram is sent via all interfaces. The interfaces are then for the maximum Ethernet data length, so at a data transfer rate of 100Mbits / sec so blocked for 150 microseconds, which makes a real-time processing with small cycle times, for example, of 100 microseconds impossible.
  • the time span of the maximum Ethernet data length must be reserved in each interface for Ethernet telegrams with the specified protocol-specific identifier, ie for a data transmission rate of 100Mbits / sec for 150 ⁇ sec. Real-time applications with shorter cycle times using any Ethernet protocols are thus not feasible here either.
  • DE 103 04 637 proposes to connect the subscribers provided for the real-time application to an annular transmission path, this annular transmission path via a network Coupler is connected to a network on which Ethernet telegrams can be transmitted.
  • the network coupler is designed such that an Ethernet telegram received from the network via an external interface of the network coupler is forwarded to an internal interface of the network coupler and output on the ring-shaped transmission path, each to the ring-shaped transmission path Connected participants in the passage of the Ethernet telegram on the annular transmission path exchanged for the particular subscriber user data with the circulating on the transmission Ethernet telegram exchanged.
  • the ring-shaped transmission path with the network coupler and the subscribers connected to the transmission path via the network coupler appear to the network as a single Ethernet subscriber.
  • the network coupler and the subscribers connected to the ring-shaped transmission path share one single Ethernet connection.
  • the reaction time of the individual subscribers is substantially reduced so that control tasks can be performed in real time with the encircling Ethernet telegrams.
  • standard Ethernet telegrams which usually have a data length of several hundred bytes, to also control subscribers in a simple and cost-effective manner, which require only a few bytes of process data.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a packet switching device and a communication network with which real-time control tasks with very short cycle times can be carried out in a simple and cost-effective manner.
  • the packet switching apparatus for a communication network comprises a network interface for transmitting and receiving data packets, a plurality of interface interfaces for transmitting and receiving data packets to a plurality of subscribers connected in series to an annular transmission path and one connected to the network interface and the plurality of network modules. Interfaces connected switching device.
  • the switching device has a control unit which controls the data throughput, wherein the control unit comprises an interface allocation table, in which it is established that the data packets received via the network interface are transmitted via the line interfaces and the data packets received via the line interfaces the network interface are output.
  • This design makes it possible to use simple and cost-effective, ring-shaped subscriber networks and at the same time execute real-time tasks with short cycle times even with a large number of subscribers.
  • the interposition of the packet switching device ensures that no ülong strands and thus round trip times arise.
  • any delay and blockage of the interfaces in the packet transmission device by the fixed interface assignment during data transmission, in the data received from the control computer on the network interface data packets are forcibly forwarded to the strand interfaces and thus the downstream strands and on the String interfaces received data packets to the network interface and thus the control computer to be fed back prevented. Since the processing times for the Ethernet telegrams in the packet transmission device are maximally shortened, the real-time capability of the Ethernet network is ensured.
  • the data packets are sent and protocol-independently forwarded automatically, causing no time delay and blockages occur.
  • the packet switching device ensures that data packets received by the line interfaces are forwarded in a predetermined priority order.
  • the prioritization of specific line interfaces ensures that lines with subscribers that perform particularly real-time, time-critical tasks are preferred in data transmission. In this case, it is possible to assign the same priorities to several line interfaces, in which case the prioritization of the messages can be carried out on the basis of an address information of the received data packets.
  • the switching device of the packet switching device can perform a time-controlled transmission process, in particular a synchronous transmission process of the data packets to be sent via the line interfaces.
  • a time-controlled transmission process in particular a synchronous transmission process of the data packets to be sent via the line interfaces.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B show a network coupler with subscribers connected annularly to the network coupler, which execute a processing of an Ethernet telegram in transit, wherein FIG. 1A shows an embodiment with a ring line and FIG. 1B shows an embodiment with a two-channel line; FIG. 2 shows a network according to the invention with a switch; and
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of a switch according to the invention.
  • LANs local communication networks
  • data and resources between workstations generally computers or machines, also referred to below as nodes or subscribers
  • the Ethernet concept is the most widely used communication standard in the LAN.
  • Ethernet networks the plurality of nodes are connected to each other via a common transmission medium, wherein an encapsulation of the data to be transmitted in so-called data packets, hereinafter also referred to as Ethernet telegrams, is made with a predetermined format.
  • the Ethernet consists of three areas, namely the transmission medium and the network interfaces, ie the hardware, the set of protocols that control the access to the transmission medium, and the Ethernet packet form.
  • the Ethernet is basically a bus network, wherein any network topologies, such as star, bus or tree networks can be used.
  • Ethernet data transmission usually takes place by means of the CSMA / CD access method, in which data transmission is only performed when the network is quiet.
  • a collision prevention mechanism is provided.
  • the Ethernet data packet itself may have a data length of up to 1500 bytes, the data being encapsulated by means of headers and trailers indicating an initial identifier, the destination and source address, the data packet type and the error detection mechanism.
  • Ethernet has established itself as the communications standard for network systems, especially in office communication, since standard hardware components and software protocols can be used and, in addition, high data transmission rates are possible. For this reason, it is also desirable to be able to use the Ethernet standard in an industrial environment for data transmission, in particular of control tasks.
  • the main problem here is the lack of real-time capability of the Ethernet standard, so that automation tasks with real-time applications usually separated from Ethernet communication networks in autonomous control modules, so-called fieldbus systems are performed.
  • Coupler 1 hereinafter also referred to as Ethernet coupler, is provided which has an external interface 11 for connection to an Ethernet network.
  • the Ethernet coupler 1 with its external interface 11 is connected to the Ethernet network via a transmission medium 2, which may be a coaxial cable, a twisted pair cable or a fiber optic cable.
  • the external interface 11 of the network coupler 1 is equipped with a receiving unit RX for receiving an Ethernet telegram from the network and a transmitting unit TX for transmitting an Ethernet telegram on the network.
  • FIG. 1A shows such an Ethernet telegram ETI received by the Ethernet coupler 1 and an Ethernet telegram ET2 sent by the Ethernet coupler 1.
  • Each of the two Ethernet telegrams ETI, ET2 consists of a header with the receiving identifier and the destination and source address, a data area and a a trailer that specifies a package length and an error detection mechanism.
  • the data area provided between the header and the trailer contains the process data necessary for the control task, which preferably reproduce an entire process image. These process data are again preferably grouped into the data blocks required for the individual participants of the control task, ie grouped for subscriber device 1 "data device 1".
  • the Ethernet coupler 1 is further connected via an internal interface 12 to a number of subscribers which are identified as devices 1 to n via an annular transmission path 5.
  • This ring-shaped transmission path 5 connects the subscribers device 1 to n to form a ring topology, wherein the data input point is a transmitting unit TX of the internal interface 12 of the Ethernet coupler 1 and the data decoupling point is a receiving unit RX of the internal interface 12 of the Ethernet coupler 1 serves.
  • the individual participants in the transmission path 5 are combined to form a chain, each participant with two neighbors, the first and last participant in the chain while the Ethernet coupler 1 are connected.
  • the data transmission takes place in one direction from the Ethernet coupler 1 to the subscriber device 1 and from there to the subscriber device n and then back into the Ethernet coupler 1.
  • the transmission direction is indicated in Fig. IA with an arrow.
  • Each subscriber has an interface with a receiving unit RX for receiving the circulating Ethernet telegram from the previous subscriber and an interface with a transmitting unit TX for forwarding to the next subscriber.
  • the exchange of data takes place as follows:
  • the Ethernet telegram ETI created by the Ethernet network via the transmission medium 2 with the process data for the individual subscribers of the automation task is capture unit RX of the external interface 11 connecting the network to the Ethernet coupler 1.
  • the received Ethernet telegram is then passed on from the external interface 11 to the internal interface 12, wherein the transmitting unit TX of the internal interface 12 immediately emits the Ethernet telegram without significant delay to the annular transmission path 5.
  • Each subscriber connected to the annular transmission path 5 then extracts the process data intended for it from the circulating Ethernet telegram (arrows in FIG. 1A), ie. H. the device device 1 sends the "data device 1", etc., and in turn inserts the process data resulting from the process execution into the corresponding position in the Ethernet telegram the receiving unit RX is sent to the internal interface 12 of the Ethernet coupler 1 and from there forwarded to the external interface 11, which feeds the Ethernet telegram ET2 with the transmitting unit TX into the transmission medium 2 of the Ethernet network Ethernet telegrams is only an example.
  • the coupling of the subscribers of an automation task to the Ethernet network via an Ethernet coupler, whereby the subscribers are connected together via a ring structure, has the advantage that the devices connected to the Ethernet coupler are recognized by the Ethernet network as a single standard Ethernet interface. Participant will be viewed. Due to the special Ethernet connection in the Ethernet coupler, the Ethernet telegram received by the latter is output to the ring structure without appreciable delay, so that each participant sends the data addressed to it in the Ethernet telegram during the passage of the Ethernet telegram on the Ethernet Remove the transmission ring and insert the corresponding data.
  • the advantages of this procedure are that due to the processing of the Ethernet telegram in the There are no significant delays in data processing and thus short reaction times, as required for a real-time application can be maintained.
  • a further advantage is that the Ethernet connection costs per subscriber can be minimized since all connected nodes share the Ethernet interface with the Ethernet coupler and no high-performance microcontrollers in the devices themselves are necessary as the Ethernet telegram is processed are.
  • the annular transmission path can have a simple and thus cheap transmission physics with even short range.
  • a ribbon cable via which LVDS signals can be transmitted, or an optical fiber cable instead of the elaborate twisted pair cable or fiber optic cable can be used for the transmission path.
  • a processing device 13 as shown in FIG. 1B is necessary to transmit an Ethernet telegram of transmission physics of the network to that of the ring-shaped transmission path 3 implement.
  • This processing unit 13 is arranged between the external interface 11 and internal interface 12 of the Ethernet coupler 1.
  • necessary changes to the Ethernet telegram can be made by the processing unit 13 in order to guarantee the Ethernet standard for Ethernet telegrams modified on the transmission path 5, e.g. by swapping the source and destination addresses and recalculating an Ethernet checksum.
  • FIG. 1B shows another possible embodiment of the annular transmission path 3.
  • a two-channel transmission path is provided in FIG. The transmission takes place so that the output from the Ethernet coupler 1 on the transmission path 5 Ethernet telegram with the Process data is passed on a first channel 51 from the subscriber device 1 to the subscriber device n, each participant makes the desired data exchange during the passage.
  • the last connected device device n then couples the processed Ethernet telegram back to a second channel 52, wherein each interposed between the subscriber device n and the Ethernet coupler 1 further participants only passes the Ethernet telegram.
  • This embodiment makes it possible to use the commonly used VoIl duplex transmission path of the Ethernet network for the annular transmission path for connecting the automation participants to the Ethernet coupler.
  • Each participant has to forward the Ethernet telegrams on the full-duplex line, preferably two interfaces, each complementarily a transmitting unit TX and a
  • Receive unit RX to be able to send or receive on the first and the second channel.
  • each subscriber needs a certain processing time for processing the telegrams, which depends in particular on the performance of the processing unit in the subscriber and is on average about 200 nsec.
  • the invention proposes to divide the annular transmission path with a high number of participants in multiple strands and additionally a packet switching device in the Further referred to as "switch" to provide, which connects the individual strands with a control computer for performing the real-time control tasks.
  • FIG. 2 shows such an Ethernet network design with three annular transmission lines 101, 102, 103, each of which is constructed in accordance with the network design shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B with an Ethernet coupler as Ethernet interface and ring-connected participants.
  • the Ethernet coupler and the subscribers are only indicated schematically, with the Ethernet interface showing in each case the external interface 111, 112, 113 with the reception unit Rx and the transmission unit Tx.
  • These external interfaces 111, 112, 113 are connected via separate transmission paths 21, 22, 23 of the transmission medium 2 to associated line interfaces 31, 32, 33 of a switch 3.
  • the string interfaces 31, 32, 33 of the switch 3 each have a receiving unit Rx and a transmitting unit Tx, the respective transmitting means Tx of the string interface of the switch 3 being connected to the receiving unit Rx of the external interface of the ring-shaped string.
  • the receiving unit Rx the respective strand interface of the switch 3 is in turn connected to the associated transmitting unit Tx the external interface of the associated annular strand.
  • the switch 3 has, in addition to the line interfaces 31, 32, 33, a further network interface 34, which is connected via a separate transmission path 24 of the transmission medium 2 to a control computer 4, which manages the real-time tasks.
  • the control computer 4 has as its for this purpose, a network interface 41 with a transmission unit Tx and a reception unit Rx.
  • the transmitting unit Tx of the network interface 41 of the control computer 4 is connected to the receiving unit Rx of the network interface 34 of the switch 3.
  • the receiving unit Rx of the network interface 41 of the control computer 4 is connected to the receiving unit Tx of the network interface 34 of the switch 3.
  • the network design shown in FIG. 2 is only an example.
  • the switch can have any number of line interfaces and also several network interfaces.
  • Figure 3 shows a schematic representation of the structure of the switch 3.
  • Network interface 34 are connected via an internal line network to a switching unit 35.
  • FIG. 3 shows schematically by arrows the respective data transmission direction between the interfaces 31, 32, 33, 34 and the switching device 35.
  • the switching device 35 has a control unit 351 which controls the data throughput through the switch 3.
  • the control unit 351 contains an interface allocation table 352, in which it is defined that Ethernet telegrams received via the network interface 34 are output via the line interfaces 31, 32, 33 to the connected annular strands 101, 102, 103 and that about the strand Interfaces 31, 32, 33 received Ethernet telegrams are fed back via the network interface 34 to the control computer 4.
  • This design of the switch makes it possible for the Ethernet telegrams to be transmitted without delay between the control computer and the individual subscribers connected via the ring-shaped transmission paths, thereby ensuring real-time processing of control tasks. Due to the direct assignment of the interfaces, a pass-through of the Ethernet telegrams can be ensured by the switch without address check and thus time delay in order to guarantee the real-time capability of the switch.
  • the control unit 351 may further comprise a priority table 353, which determines the order of priority in the forwarding of the data packets received by the strand interfaces 31, 32, 33.
  • the priority table 353 can be designed so that when several strand interfaces have the same priority rank, it is decided based on the address information of the received via the individual strand interfaces Ethernet telegrams, which telegram is prioritized and first to the network interface 34th is forwarded to the control computer 4 for output.
  • the switch 3 proceeds in such a way that the control unit 351 continuously checks the filling level of the send or receive buffers in the network interface 34 or in the line interfaces 31, 32, 33. This query is indicated in FIG. 3 by the data arrow 361.
  • the control unit checks the individual interfaces in the order of their priority, as described in the Priority table 353 is set. Preferably, the network interface 34 is first checked, then the line interfaces 31, 32, 33. If a receive buffer is full, the control unit causes the switching device 35 in the switch 3, the telegrams from the receiving buffer of the corresponding interface to the transmit buffer the interface specified in the mapping table for output. The assignment takes place in such a way that the Ethernet telegrams temporarily stored in the receive buffer of the network interface 34 are sent to the send buffers of the
  • Strand interfaces 31, 32, 33 are forwarded.
  • Ethernet telegrams received in the receive buffers of the line interfaces 31, 32, 33 are transmitted to the send buffer of the network interface 34.
  • the check of the receive buffers of the string interfaces in the priority table 353 provided sequence ensures that Ethernet telegrams of prioritized strands are first sent back to the control computer 4 via the network interface 34. There is also the possibility to prioritize strand interfaces. If the same prioritized line interfaces then have full receive buffers, the address information of the Ethernet telegrams buffered in the buffers can be used to specify which telegrams are to be forwarded first. Before the control unit 351 of the switching device 35 in the switch 3 makes the forwarding of the Ethernet telegrams from the receiving buffer of one interface to the assigned send buffer of the other interface, the control unit 351 checks whether there is sufficient storage space for the data acquisition in the send buffer.
  • the control unit 351 ensures that the transmission process is initiated in order to empty the reception buffer and then to be able to record the Ethernet telegrams to be transferred.
  • the switch design according to the invention makes it possible to exchange Ethernet telegrams without delay and interface blocking between the control computer and the participants connected in annular strands independently of protocol, as a result of which real-time applications with extremely short cycle times can also be implemented under 10 .mu.sec.
  • the fixed assignment between the interfaces, in which the Ethernet telegrams received via the network interface are transmitted to the line interfaces without delay and, conversely, that the Ethernet telegrams received via the line interfaces are forwarded to the network interface without delay ensures for maximally reduced transit times without unnecessary interface blocking.
  • control unit 351 of the switching device 35 of the switch 3 it is also possible to carry out a time-controlled transmission process of the interfaces. This is particularly advantageous when a synchronized real-time processing is to be performed by the participants.
  • the control unit 351 ensures that the transmit buffers of the line interfaces 31, 32, 33, to which the Ethernet telegram received via the network interface 34 has been forwarded, simultaneously process the cached telegrams to the downstream annular strands for processing in the pass issue. This ensures a synchronous processing of the Ethernet
  • the synchronous data output can be timed via a system clock in the switch.
  • the Ethernet couplers of the annular strands can also integrate directly into the switch.
  • the String interface in the switch is then designed as an Ethernet coupler, the strand interface then forms the internal interface of the network coupler, to which the participants are connected in a ring.
  • the switching device of the switch can also have a device for converting data packets from the transmission physics of the transmission path to the control computer for transmission physics to the annular strands and vice versa.
  • the transmission path between the network interface of the switch and the control computer can have a much higher transmission speed than the transmission path between the line interfaces of the switch and the downstream annular lines, since the line interfaces are operated in parallel with each other and thus no loss of speed during data transmission occurs.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de commutation par paquet qui présente une interface de réseau (34) pour l'émission et la réception de paquets de données par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau de communication, plusieurs interfaces de ligne (31, 32, 33) pour l'émission et la réception de paquets de données au niveau de plusieurs abonnés raccordés en série au niveau d'un chemin de transmission annulaire, et un dispositif de commutation (35) relié avec l'interface de réseau et les nombreuses interfaces de ligne, une unité de contrôle (351) du dispositif de commutation (35) comprenant une table de correspondance d'interface (352), dans laquelle est déterminé le fait que les paquets de données reçus par l'intermédiaire de l'interface de réseau (34) sont distribués par l'intermédiaire des interfaces de ligne (31, 32, 33) et que les paquets de données reçus par l'intermédiaire des interfaces de ligne (31, 32, 33) sont distribués par l'intermédiaire de l'interface de réseau (34).
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